Andrew Novick

Root Down dishes up new desserts for summer -- and a cake recipe, too!

Don't panic. Yes, Root Down has added carrot cake, a chocolate coconut truffle and a white chocolate cheesecake to the menu -- but it didn't ditch the beloved banana "crème brulee" pie. "I didn't want a revolt on my hands if I got rid of it," says Samm Sherman, pastry director for Root Down and L ... More >>

Ten festivals you don't want to miss this summer

Summer is all about festivals: There's no better way to get away for a day without ever leaving town. International fests take you to faraway places right in your own back yard, others celebrate ethnic cultures, urban enthusiasms, arts-and-crafts, the joy of eating or just being yourself in a judgme ... More >>

The Denver County Fair online ticket store is open for business -- with early-bird pricing!

It's time to gear up for the third annual Denver County Fair, which is aiming to make its trifecta year the best ever. Got a cherry pie to die for? An elegantly stitched quilt? A hen that struts like nobody's business? You have until midnight on July 26 to enter competitions; visit the website for c ... More >>

Peteybird Ice Cream Sandwiches wheels into downtown

In April, "ice cream-sandwich enthusiast" Peter Bredemann donned hot-pink sunglasses, hot-pink fannyback and hot-pink flip-flops and started pedaling a hot-pink, three-wheel bike around Denver, peddling ice cream sandwiches. Now from noon to 2 p.m. every Monday through Friday, Peteybird Ice Cream Sa ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (7 free!), May 10-12

So you spent all your money buying your mom a nice present for Mother's Day. Aww, how sweet! And your generosity will be rewarded with lots of opportunities to have fun in Denver this weekend that don't require you to dig too deep in your wallet -- everything from a free day at the Denver Museum of ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 (8 free!) in Denver this weekend, May 3-5

No need to fear a future full of talking machines that are smarter than humans -- that future is already here. Local company Gamma Two Robotics specializes in artificial intelligence, and you can explore its world of wonders at a free open house tonight. But if wandering a room full of robots doesn' ... More >>

Concoctory Creativity Shoppe and Cafe Crescendo celebrate with a grand opening party

The idea behind the Concoctory Creativity Shoppe was simple: to give people a place to tinker and create without being intimidated by the world of electronics. The venture will debut this Saturday, March 23 in a joint South Broadway Grand Opening Block Party with a new coffee shop, Cafe Crescendo, j ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend (7 free!), March 1-3

Ever since the Harlem Shake snagged the Internet's attention, it seems that video after video of frat boys, Army officers and various mammals at Sea World wiggling uncontrollably to Baauer's dance track by the same name have been constantly appearing in our Facebook newsfeeds. If you've secretly des ... More >>

Dancin’ Fools

10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (9 free!), February 1-3

Did you pay your rent yet? Since it's the first of the month, we're celebrating tight pocketbooks everywhere by featuring nine events this weekend that are totally free. Whether you attend a Screw Your Resolutions party or sample the wide variety of First Friday art openings, there's plenty to do th ... More >>

New Year's Eve: What the town's cultural tastemakers are doing tonight

This past year has been tough for many people, and we're eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town's cultural tastemakers -- entrepreneurs and entertainers we're lucky to have in Denver -- to answer a trio of questions. We ... More >>

Ten most interesting interviews of 2012: Artists, feminist scientists, comedians and queens

One of my favorite parts of being a reporter is getting to talk to strangers (and sometimes, friends). Even outside of assignments, I find myself interviewing waitresses, vending-machine repairmen and random people who have clearly not chosen to be in line in front of me at the grocery. This year, I ... More >>

Lucky '13: Comedian and Fine Gentleman Sam Tallent

This past year has been tough for many people, and we're eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town's cultural tastemakers -- entrepreneurs and entertainers we're lucky to have in Denver -- to answer a trio of questions. We e ... More >>

Itchy-O Renews Itself

Meet the 2012 Denver #WebAwards winners

Swans at the Gothic Theatre, with Xiu Xiu, 9/24/12

SWANS @ GOTHIC THEATRE | 9/24/12 "I know it's a Monday night, can you tolerate one more?" Michael Gira asked the crowd more than two hours into the show. It wasn't really even a question because Gira already knew the answer. Swans then played its final song: the sprawling, apocalypse-eclipsing "The ... More >>

Melvins Lite at Bluebird Theater, 9/12/12

MELVINS LITE @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 9/12/12 Melvins Lite? There was nothing "lite" about this show. As soon as the stage lights dimmed and a loop of the coughing at the beginning of Black Sabbath's "Sweet Leaf" filled the air for what seemed like a comically extended period of time until Trevor Dunn ... More >>

Flock to MCA Denver

I lived through this: My life in a Hole cover band

This past weekend my Hole cover band, Jennifer's Body, played the Denver County Fair. Until this show, we weren't an actual band at all -- we formed earlier this year for a two-song set to honor the opening of Hole drummer Patty Schemel's documentary, Hit So Hard, and had never planned on being anyt ... More >>

Denver County Fair: Viva Denver Gets Loco on Sunday

The second annual Denver County Fair is already under way, and in honor of the fact that one-third of Denver County's population is Latino, one-third of this year's fair will be Latino. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, the fair will be devoted to Viva Denver, a celebration of Latino culture. The fun ... More >>

All’s Fair

Denver County Fair Freakshow Pavilion: "You can't call it a freakshow unless you have a freak"

Ukulele Loki knows a thing or two about what makes a freakshow a freakshow. He's been active in the circus and sideshow arts (yes, that is a thing) for years, honing his craft as a "talented talker" (or what the squares might call a barker, a term he rejects as vulgar) and delving into the history a ... More >>

Andrew Starr and Jennifer Spielman of Black Star Chocolates win at the Colorado Chocolate Festival

This year's Colorado Chocolate Festival, held at the Denver Merchandise Mart this past weekend, had everything a chocolate lover could want: Over eighty vendors from all over the country offered cakes, cookies, fudge, toffee, coffee, frozen red wine slushies -- and, of course, all the chocolates and ... More >>

Follow the slow decay of Viviane le Courtois's earthborn artworks at BMoCA

You could say it all started with a pair of shoes -- the most minimal of shoes, made of woven straw -- in 1991. That's when Denver-based artist Viviane Le Courtois strapped the first pair on her feet and ventured off on a series of foot-treks around the world, creating art through the act of walking ... More >>

Spatula: "I think that was the swan song and we landed like an albatross."

courtesy SpatulaSpatula circa 2005 (L-R: Summer Snover, Evan Brown, Paul Cousineau, King Lexie and Jesse Roadkill) Spatula (due this Friday, February 10, at the Climax Lounge) was a band you often heard about between 2004 and 2005, if you did not actually see it. The band was musical, but more to t ... More >>

Corey Elbin's departure from Denver puts Gorinto at a crossroads

Corey Elbin has been the driving force behind Gorinto, the Mercury Cafe's Wednesday-night food and music gathering, since its inception almost two years ago. For tomorrow night's edition, Gorinto will team up with the people behind Communikey -- the Boulder electronic arts festival set for April 25- ... More >>

Denver County Fair announces dates, changes for 2012

Scenes from the 2011 Denver County Fair.​It's not too early to make plans for the second annual Denver County Fair -- which has been moved to the second weekend in August, starting on Friday, August 10 and running through Sunday, August 12, with extended hours. "We won't be up against the Dra ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Sting sings, Thanksgiving on a stick, skiers shred, Williams & Graham bows

Big pics below.​Did you spend your whole weekend cleaning the house? Silly you! Plenty of other Denverites were enjoying the sort of stuff captured by Westword reporters and photogs on our slideshow page and Backbeat Online, Cafe Society and Show and Tell blogs. Check out highlights below pert ... More >>

Who Is That Masked Man?

See Warlock Pinchers Live 2010 - Will There Be Blood? on the big screen on Saturday, October 8

Did you miss the Warlock Pinchers run of reunion shows back in 2010? Aw, there, there. It'll be okay. While we can't exactly spirit you away in the wayback machine to make this wrong right, here's the next best thing: The Pinchers have reserved the Denver Film Center on Colfax on Saturday, October 8 ... More >>

Best in Show: Bid on these blue ribbon puppies at Mod Livin'

"Mastodog," Ponderosa Paint Center​How do you make these dog days pass by faster? At the East Colfax retro/modern-design emporium Mod Livin', they're literally putting the dogs on the block by bringing back the time-honored Best in Show Puppy Auction, featuring two sizes of Eero Aarnio white p ... More >>

Warlock Pinchers DVD due out next month

We first got a glimpse of the upcoming Warlock Pinchers film a few months ago. At the time we weren't entirely certain when it would arrive. Now we know. Just in time for the Warlock Pinchers New Year's Eve show at the Gothic Theatre, Eyeosaur Productions is slated to release the film, culled from ... More >>

Tokyo Standard Time

Denver Does Denver: Find out Who's Doing Who

Denver Does Denver sounds more salacious than it is -- though we're sure there's a sexualized metaphor in there somewhere that was intended. If you haven't heard about it, Denver Does Denver, slated to take place tomorrow night at the Meadowlark, is a rad little show put together by the fine peeps a ... More >>

UMS tipsheet: MGB apologizes in advance -- for everything. Kyle Simmons debuts her new Boys tonight.

​ A couple quick notes about today's UMS lineup -- but first a post-script to the travelogues we've already posted from Jef Otte and Tom Murphy: Heard bits of Papa Bear from the sidewalk outside the Rover, and it was quite lovely. Very eager to hear more. Caught part of the debut set from the ... More >>

Peeps trial marks big defeat in the War on Easter

Carol Burdick and friend.​When Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert first "reported" about Carol Burdick, who says she was evicted from her apartment for putting a Peeps display over her door, he said her treatment was proof of a War on Easter -- which is a lot like the War on Christmas, except wi ... More >>

Peeps trial: Carol Burdick told "one person's artwork is another person's mess"

Carol Burdick and peep.​At last, the moment has arrived. At this writing, the trial of Carol Burdick, who says she was evicted from her apartment for putting a Peeps display over her door to celebrate Easter 2009, is underway. The tension is unbearable -- especially for Comedy Central's Steph ... More >>

Mania Attraction

The Denver Community Museum collects your stuff.

Talking Shop

Shop to her heart's content.

Meals That Heal

Too Many Chefs has a recipe for support

Backwash

Sid Pink makes the audience see red as Westword Music Showcase Awards winners are announced.

Something Wild

Former Warlock Pincher Dan Wanush returns with the Wild Canadians.